bactericide

bactericide

See also: bactéricide

English

Etymology

bacterium +‎ -cide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪˌsaɪd/

Noun

bactericide (plural bactericides)

1. Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.

Synonyms

• bacteriocide

Related terms

• bactericidal
• bactericidin

Translations

Any substance that kills bacteria

Belarusian: бактэрыцыд m (bakterycyd) Czech: baktericid (cs) m Finnish: bakterisidi (fi) Icelandic: gerlabani m, bakteríueyðir m Ido: bakteriocidivo (io) Irish: baictéiricíd f

Malay: bakterisid Polish: bakteriobójczy (pl) m, bakteriobójcza f Russian: бактерицид (ru) m (baktericid) Spanish: bactericida (es) m or f Ukrainian: бактерицид (uk) m (bakterycyd)

Anagrams

• terebic acid